05 March 2010 1:41 PM

Oscar for scruffiest dresser goes to... Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson stunned guests at a pre-Oscar party when he arrived in an unkempt state.

The Oscar winning film-maker and actor turned up at the annual party hosted by the Mayor of Los Angeles wearing unsuitable attire that included dirty jeans, a rumpled shirt with the tail hanging out and scruffy trainers.

Several guests wondered if the star had come direct from his bed.

A female guest noted that Gibson's girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, had greasy looking hair. That hadn't been styled in days.

Other guests wore lounge suits with ties. And smart dresses.

'He certainly ignored the dress code ,which is fine, but at this time of year everyone knows that you dress up a bit and make an effort.If anything it was disrespectful', a party goer at the mayor's residence noted.

Across town on Sunset Boulevard there was an altogether swankier vibe. As the likes of Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, her husband Marc Antony, Olivia Williams, Juliette Lewis and scores of others partied at a bash hosted by Elton John and David Furnish at the new Soho House - West Hollywood club.

Madonna held court with a bunch of pals at one end of the club's long bar.

She wore a winter coat with a fur collar to keep her warm in the cool LA night air.

Across the lounge Elton was chatting with Jennifer Lopez who looked stunning in a gold lame thigh length dress. When asked who had designed the frock she asked husband Marc to search for the label.

'It's here somewhere,' he joked as he put his hand down the back of his wife's dress.

'Can't find anything,' he told her.

Lopez explained that her stylist had driven the dress over that night and she had forgotten to ask who designed it.

Lopez then emailed the stylist but by this time it was to noisy to learn who the mystery designer was.

Elton looked upon this scene with great amusement.

Then he explained about he had followed the construction of Soho House with great attention.

'I live across the road in Sunset Towers,' Elton told the Daily Mail as he pointed at his apartment building through the floor to ceiling glass walls that wrapped around the club's penthouse floor.

'I've watched the work being down on and off for months and I can tell you that at five o'clock this afternoon they were still building the place.They've done an amazing job to get it open,' he said with genuine amazement.

'Mind you,' he joked, 'If I could see what they were doing through my windows I hope they couldn't see what I was doing in my apartment.'

The club has been dubbed an instant success by many of the Hollywood Establishment.

Dustin Hoffman declared that it was 'an extraordinary space.'

The partyat Soho House was part sponsored by Grey Goose vodka and by RADD (Recording Artists Against Drunk Driving) an organisation that provided cabs for guests who had too much to drink.